"Reg Edwards" wrote in message
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Why do so few correspondents on newsgroups give their real names and
call signs?

Why the hidden secrets?

People should be proud of their call signs.

Or do radio amateurs suffer from inferiority complexes.

Back to SWR.
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Reg, G4FGQ



There have been some replies which provide good reasons (spam & crank
avoidance) and some lesser reasons (fear of data correlation and/or "big
brother" snooping) to hide one's identity.

OTOH, I have found that familiarity encourages and supports civility. Maybe
the human psyche needs an occasional Halloween, Day of the Dead, Masquerade
Ball (or whatever your local culture defines) as a safety valve. But on a
daily basis, I am quite uncomfortable with being asked to talk with someone
who feels the need to cloak their identity.

Thus, if you identify yourself with something like Wonkawonka or
AntennaWizzard, you place yourself at a disadvantage in my opinion of you.
You will have to exhibit true and consistent brilliance and honesty to climb
out of my initial negative evaluation of your worth.

You have a choice to identify, and I have a choice to form an evaluation of
your choices. How could anything be fairer and more fun?

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Ed
WB6WSN
El Cajon, CA USA